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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The Glass Ceiling Is Held Up by Women
I'm watching the Today Show right now. They're talking to a woman from Us Weekly about Hilary and Obama. Guess what they were they saying...
Hilary is, like, way not fashionable. Like, just look at all these totally ugly outfits she wore. Like, oh my god!
and
Obama is such a wonderful husband, and, get this girls, he does his own grocery shopping. Isn't that amazing?!
Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this picture?
When a woman runs for president, the media wants to talk about the clothes she wore in the 70's and 80's (when, by the way, even the most fashionable people were wearing embarrassing outfits). And then they went on about the choices she made to wear "mom clothes" instead of "hmmm, I think I'll run for president one day" clothes.
Meanwhile, when a man runs for president they want to talk about his family and marriage values and praise him for purchasing a loaf of bread all by his big-boy self.
The thing that makes this worse is that the two people having this conversation were women. Women always seem to complain about the glass ceiling imposed by men, but honestly I rarely hear men insisting that women are inferior in the workplace. I do, however, frequently hear women judging other women's worth and even professional ability based on superficial things, like fashion, weight, and even the quality of their scrapbooking talents. But when those same women talk about men, they tend to focus on deeper issues, like family skills and job responsibilities. I can't help but think that the reason why we still talk about the glass ceiling is because women are holding each other back.
Hilary is, like, way not fashionable. Like, just look at all these totally ugly outfits she wore. Like, oh my god!
and
Obama is such a wonderful husband, and, get this girls, he does his own grocery shopping. Isn't that amazing?!
Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this picture?
When a woman runs for president, the media wants to talk about the clothes she wore in the 70's and 80's (when, by the way, even the most fashionable people were wearing embarrassing outfits). And then they went on about the choices she made to wear "mom clothes" instead of "hmmm, I think I'll run for president one day" clothes.
Meanwhile, when a man runs for president they want to talk about his family and marriage values and praise him for purchasing a loaf of bread all by his big-boy self.
The thing that makes this worse is that the two people having this conversation were women. Women always seem to complain about the glass ceiling imposed by men, but honestly I rarely hear men insisting that women are inferior in the workplace. I do, however, frequently hear women judging other women's worth and even professional ability based on superficial things, like fashion, weight, and even the quality of their scrapbooking talents. But when those same women talk about men, they tend to focus on deeper issues, like family skills and job responsibilities. I can't help but think that the reason why we still talk about the glass ceiling is because women are holding each other back.
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